ESTOY EN HONDURAS

We made it here safely I can gladly report. After a bit of a tough start the flights and everything went rather smooth. We left Gardner-Webb around 3am and arrived at the airport around 4. I was so glad my parents and brother were there to see me off. Everyone made it through security just fine... except me! I got taken to a private room, questioned, and patted down! Good way to start my trip. I thought I was going to cry, and honestly I almost did but God is still good and He is in control. Then I went and got coffee and we headed to our gate. We left around 6am and landed in Atlanta around 8. When we got on the plane we sat with two other Gardner-Webb students which was fun because almost all of knew one or both of them. Once we were got off the plane we went and found our gate and most of us went to McDonald's for breakfast. We had about a two hour lay-over there, which was really nice. Several of us watched the video of LESHO (Honduran Sign Language) to practice and make sure we could at least have a basic conversation. Around 945 we boarded our plane and headed off to Honduras. I finally fell asleep on this plane and slept almost the entire way.

Landing in Honduras is...well... quite an experience! The runway is extremely small so you just land pretty much. Customs line was long but we made it through no problems. We were met at the airport by Larry and Alejandro who both work at the school, Manos Felices. Larry is Deaf and works closely with the teams during the week. Alejandro is hearing but works at the school so he is learning to sign. I am so excited I understand a lot more LESHO than I thought. Although, my ability to communicate back is pretty slow.

We are staying at the high school in made up dorms for mission teams. They are anything special but they are exactly what we need; a bed, toilet, and shower! We are being treated like royalty though because we have AC! That night we met Christy (the director for NLDM who is hearing), Aura (Larry's wife, who is deaf), and Alzeal (a deaf Honduran who grew up in the US, went to RIT, and has now moved back, so he knows ASL and LESHO). We went on an "amazing race" of Tegus (Tegucigalpa)... pictures will be on my Facebook when I can. We had an amazing dinner of enchiladas, Honduran style. We then had testimony time. Christy shared her story, amazing! After, we practiced our skit for church and went to BED!

God has really protected me during this time! I am so excited to see what He has in store for me next.
I will update as soon as I can... we are extremely limited with internet access because we are only at the school for part of the day and the high school where we are staying doesn't have access.

Blessings,
Rebecca